L31. Molecular Biology 2

Question 1

Name the bonds between complementary bases.

Answer 1

Hydrogen bonds

Question 2

Describe the backbone of RNA and DNA.

Answer 2

Both are 5’ to 3’

Question 3

What kind of loop can arise in RNA?

Answer 3

A hairpin loop.
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Question 4

What is the genome?

Answer 4

A cell’s entire genetic information.

Question 5

Describe how proteins synthesis occurs.

Answer 5

H bonds are broken to spilt the helix into 2 strands.
Transcription : RNA polymerase copies DNA to produce mRNA.
Translation : tRNA sysnthesises proteins with the help of the ribosome in the cytoplasm. tRNA anticodons (3 bases) are complementary to the mRNA codons.